Just Another Indifferent White MC on the BART - Chris "Preach" Smith

I shouldn't be surprised.

There's been a lot of talk about this new-ish female MC, Kreayshawn. Some are
calling her the new Rebecca Black. One writer referred to her song 'Gucci Gucci'
as having feminist undertones in support of her after Lil Wayne dissed her on his
upcoming mixtape. Drake has shown the Oakland MC love recently on a radio
call-in show. For my two cents, I'm gonna say this: she's nothing more than the
next evolutionary step in the merge between hip hop and pop these days. She's
kinda like the T-X from Terminator 3: Rise of The Machines. The only thing that
makes her stand out is that she's white. And there lies a gang of problems.



The alleged biggest issue is her carefree usage of the N-word. She's been called out on
it and has defended herself about as well as the Raiders' secondary without Nnamdi
Asomugha. As much as people would like this to be a non-issue, it's pretty damn
irresponsible for the daughter of Elka Zolot, one of the members of The Trashwomen,
a well-known Bay Area all female garage punk band. It's irresponsible and stupid,
but the biggest issue really is the instant celebrity she and her White Girl Mob have
gotten. And she's worked all the angles, even using her film school education by
scholarship at Berkeley Digital Film Institute. More telling, she's directed all of Lil B's
videos. Yes, THAT Lil B. Plus she was recently tapped to direct a music video for the
Red Hot Chili Peppers. Above all, the word I'd use to describe my reaction to Miss
Kreayshawn is, indifference. I don't see her in the same light as Detroit's Invincible
or Toronto's Eternia, both who more than likely could demolish her head to head.
She's only doing what a bunch of these contemporary artists are doing; get your
foot in the door, make your own waves and then people will listen. She got a deal
with Columbia Records off of the strength of that single. Outside of that I don't see
any real reason to pay more attention to her than she's getting right now. Kreayshawn
has a bit of talent, but she's also got a lot of foolishness too. It remains to be seen
which is gonna win out. Until then, I don't need to hear anything more about her.